Socialized housing price cap IRR issued

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December 25, 2025 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev) have issued the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the recalibrated price ceiling of socialized housing units.

In a press statement, the DHSUD said the IRR for Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) 2025-001 was signed by DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling and DEPDev Secretary Arsenio Balisacan on Monday.

Issued last Dec. 1, the JMC sets the guidelines for updating the price ceiling for socialized housing, both for house and lot packages and condominiums.

The DHSUD said the issuance of the IRR will give full effect to the implementation of adjusted selling price for socialized housing projects, especially those under the government’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program.

Under the IRR, the maximum selling price is set at P950,000 for socialized subdivision or horizontal housing projects and up to P1.8 million for socialized condominium or vertical developments.

The DHSUD said the revised price ceiling considers the rising construction and development costs and ensures sustained private sector participation in socialized housing.

“By providing regulatory clarity and predictability, the IRR supports continuous project rollout and a stable supply of affordable housing nationwide,” DHSUD added.

The DHSUD earlier said that updating the socialized housing price ceiling is in accordance with Republic Act 11201, the law that created DHSUD, which states that the agency and the National Economic and Development Authority (now DEPDev) must “jointly determine, review and revise the maximum selling price at any time but not more than once every two years, to align with the prevailing economic conditions.”